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Jul 23, 2020

Resilience and Justice: Making Meaning in This Moment – by Shirah Kraus

by Jewish Community Relations Council

We have been challenged in the last several months, both as individuals and as a community, to respond to rising tensions over racial justice, an increase in antisemitism, and to COVID-19—in addition to our own personal struggles. But as our summer fellow from Hebrew Union College-Jewish I…

Jul 23, 2020

How We Can Help Each Other through These Hot, Hazy Days

by Danielle V. Minson

These past few weeks gave us a taste of normalcy, only to have it sour in the summer heat. After success toward flattening the curve on COVID-19 cases and excitement about summertime easing of restrictions, we've faced alarming new summertime surges. These surges combined with increasing unc…

Jul 22, 2020

Civil Rights is Our Battle Too: The 1961 Freedom Rides

by Danielle V. Minson

Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who fought against segregation, primarily in the South, but also in northern states where Jim Crow laws were enforced.
 

In these hot and hazy days, it is sad to note that one of the few things uniting Ameri…

Jul 20, 2020

Jewish Federation Earns 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

by Danielle V. Minson

The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.

“The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s exceptional 4-star rating se…

Jul 1, 2020

Always Open: The Creativity of Virtual Jewish Cincinnati

by Danielle V. Minson

“It’s unprecedented,” said Max Yamson, Executive Director of Camp Livingston. 

 

At June 17’s SAFE Reopen Group meeting of our agencies’, schools’ and congregations’ senior professionals, I was struck by how our community, through creative use of online strategies, has been…